Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Two books two reviews part two

I’m on It! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading) by Andrea Tsurumi

Guess What!? (an Unlimited Squirrels Book) by Mo Willems

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What do you do when you have four books and are not sure you can do the 250-word reviews for them? Well, if you read the other two book review I did you know that you write about them in groups of two. This time we will start with the one I liked the least out of these two. However, I’m on It! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading) is not a book I disliked. Perhaps the repetition of the concept was a little grating after […]

So much of the tension is lost in the first chapter

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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BINGO – Pandemic (because who doesn’t love a little supernatural horror to take your mind of the very real, natural horror of the world). Mouse and her dog Bongo hit the road for small town in rural North Carolina. Mouse’s grandmother has just passed away, and Mouse has been tasked with clearing out her grandmother’s old house so that it can be sold. When Mouse arrives, she learns that her grandmother was a hoarder: newspaper, plastic storage containers, antique dolls, and more are stuffed full […]

Two books two reviews

Lewis Trondheim’s The Fly by Lewis Trondheim

Chick and Brain: Egg or Eyeball? by Cece Bell

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What do you do when you want to write a review of four books, and are not sure you can make that 250 minimum as total they might have 250 words between them? (I’m estimating as one is a silent comic.) You review two at a time! And I will start with The Fly and Chick and Brain. The first is probably my favorite, though I was/am not “jumping up and down” over it. It is a black and white, what was called a “silent […]

Tori on Tori

Just Pretend by Tori Sharp

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Just Pretend by Tori Sharp is a fresh friendship story that is also familiar. Tenderly written, this graphic novel is realistic and relatable. While there is a moral, the main point is just come along for Tori’s journey. We follow Tori after her parents have gotten divorced. With a feeling of being set in the 1990s (or around then), this book is timeless. The issues that divorced parents have, the issues siblings have with each other, and the issues children have with their parents allow […]

When Boy Meets Boy and Sparks fly….maybe

Heartstopper V01 by Alice Oseman

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I have tried multiple times to start the first book in the Heartstopper series. However, I learned that my trick of “starting on a random page to see if it can grab me” did not work. This book is one you must start with page one and work your way through it. And actually, one should read it slowly as, even though there is little text, and frankly little traditional action, you do not want to rush it. There is a lot going on and […]

Ride like the wind, Princess!

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Vol. 1) by Hayao Miyazaki

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Nausicaa is my favourite Miyazaki film, so it makes sense that it should be my first step into the world of Manga.  Volume 1 of this tale introduces us to Nausicaa and her adventurous spirit, riding high on her glider and exploring the toxic jungle, home to all manner of giant insects including the mysterious Ohm. Nausicaa is the princess of the Valley of the WInd but you won’t find any fancy gowns and petticoats in her wardrobe. She’s smart, curious, brave, and incredibly compassionate. […]



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